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Scientific Games' new engineering leadership is a vendor consolidation signal
On 24 February 2026, Scientific Games named Rich Wasserman as SVP, Product Engineering, tasking him with leading engineering across its global lottery portfolio. The trade press has covered it as an appointment. It is more usefully read as a procurement signal and when set alongside a parallel hire made three weeks earlier, it points to a specific and consequential shift in how Scientific Games intends to manage its vendor relationships. Full announcement details are availabl


Why SOFTSWISS’ CTO appointment is more about execution posture than leadership change
An internal promotion that reflects how execution discipline is becoming a competitive variable for scaled B2B platforms. Most trade coverage will treat this as a straightforward internal promotion. That misses the sequencing and, more importantly, the context. SOFTSWISS has completed two senior technology appointments in close succession, elevating Sergey Kastukevich from Deputy CTO to Chief Technology Officer, following an earlier C-level hire Denis Romanovskiy the firm’s


Dabble’s UK casino move shifts the product rules and tests its social-first model
Dabble’s UK casino licence is being described as a straightforward expansion into iGaming. It is not. By securing full remote casino and virtual event betting permissions in Great Britain, Dabble has crossed into a product category where software integrity, responsible design, and evidencing controls outweigh engagement mechanics. The challenge is not access. It is whether a social-first wagering model can survive casino-grade regulation without being structurally constrain
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